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      <h1 class="page-title">The Camunda BPM Manual</h1>
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        Welcome to the Camunda BPM Manual! Camunda BPM is a light-weight, open-source platform for Business Process Management. The Manual introduces key concepts in Camunda BPM, provides installation procedures as well as a comprehensive reference section.
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          <h2>Getting Started</h2>
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             The Guide
             <a href="/get-started/quick-start/" class="text-uppercase">Get started with Camunda</a>
             is the quickest and easiest way to get up and running with Camunda. Alternatives include:</p>
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            <a href="/get-started/quick-start/">BPMN 2.0</a>
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            <a href="/get-started/cmmn11/">CMMN 1.1</a>
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            <a href="/get-started/dmn11/">DMN 1.1</a>
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            <a href="/get-started/spring/">Spring Framework</a>
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            <a href="/get-started/javaee7/">Java EE 7</a>
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            <a href="/get-started/apache-maven/">Apache Maven</a>
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          Once you completed a Getting Started Guide, you may find the following topics useful:
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        <p>There is also a <a href="https://github.com/camunda/camunda-bpm-platform/wiki">Developer's Guide</a> in case you want to hack on Camunda itself or want to understand the inner workings.</p>
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          <p>In case you get stuck on a problem make sure to <a href="https://forum.camunda.org">ask for Help in the Forums</a> or on <a href="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/camunda">Stack Overflow</a>.</p>

          <p>In case you are an <a href="http://camunda.com/bpm/enterprise/">Enterprise Support</a> customer, create a support case in Jira.</p>
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            <a href="https://github.com/camunda/camunda-bpm-camel">Apache Camel Integration</a>
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            <a href="https://github.com/camunda/docker-camunda-bpm-platform">Camunda Docker Images</a>
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            <a href="https://github.com/camunda/dmn-scala">DMN Scala Extension</a>
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            <a href="https://github.com/camunda/camunda-bpm-elasticsearch">Elastic Search Extension</a>
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            <a href="https://github.com/camunda/camunda-bpm-mail">Email Connectors</a>
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            <a href="https://github.com/camunda/feel-scala">FEEL Scala Extension</a>
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            <a href="https://github.com/plexiti/camunda-grails-plugin">Grails Plugin</a>
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            <a href="https://github.com/camunda/camunda-graphql">GraphQL API</a>
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            <a href="https://github.com/camunda/camunda-bpm-migration">Migration API</a>
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            <a href="https://github.com/camunda/camunda-bpm-mockito">Mockito Testing Library</a>
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            <a href="https://github.com/camunda/camunda-bpm-needle">Needle Testing Library</a>
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            <a href="https://github.com/camunda/camunda-bpm-platform-osgi">OSGi Integration</a>
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            <a href="http://camunda.github.io/camunda-bpm-php-sdk/">PHP SDK</a>
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            <a href="https://github.com/camunda/camunda-process-test-coverage">Process Test Coverage</a>
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            <a href="https://github.com/camunda/camunda-bpm-reactor">Reactor Event Bus</a>
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            <a href="https://github.com/camunda/camunda-bpm-assert-scenario/">Scenario Testing Library</a>
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            <a href="https://github.com/camunda/camunda-sso-jboss">Single Sign On for JBoss</a>
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            <a href="https://github.com/camunda/camunda-tasklist-translations">Tasklist Translations</a>
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            <a href="https://github.com/camunda/camunda-bpm-wildfly-swarm">Wildfly Swarm</a>
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